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LGS trip this morning

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Re: LGS trip this morning

Post by John E Davies » Sun Mar 22, 2020 7:54 am

markiver54 wrote:
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Other than target shooting, what, realistically, do we need all this ammo for?
Trade value, for one reason. The last purchase I made was a 1000 rd box of loose Blazer Brass 9mm 115 gr (new) for $165, free shipping, three months ago. I just saw a 1000 rd box of Federal 115 gr Reman listed for $225 locally and it got snapped up instantly. When supplies dry up completely, common caliber factory stuff is better than almost anything else. Popular calibers of ammo purchased when plentiful is always a reliable investment and its shelf life is decades at least.

The only stuff left from online suppliers is oddball or hunting calibers like 38 Spl or .44 Mag.

It is also useful when selling a gun and the buyer is hesitating a little at your price. Throw in a free small box of range ammo at the last minute, watch his pupils dilate and “Click!” You can almost hear his mind switch, sale made.

I have a ton of MiniMag .22 LR as a reserve that I won’t trade, for actual centerfire use it is going to be all hand loads, until the new drought ends.

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Re: LGS trip this morning

Post by markiver54 » Sun Mar 22, 2020 9:22 am

I guess I should have been more specific. Have heard on here, that 9mm is flying off the shelves the most.
To me, my 9mm is not for plinking or long range target shooting. It is a short range SD pistol, ( basically, point and shoot ).
I can understand being well stocked with range ammo in other calibers, but the couple hundred rounds of 9mm I have are plenty for me.
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Re: LGS trip this morning

Post by RanchRoper » Sun Mar 22, 2020 9:42 am

There's no 45 Colt left in Canada, I have all of it. :)
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Re: LGS trip this morning

Post by Vaquero » Sun Mar 22, 2020 10:12 am

My son-n-law was looking for some 45acp yesterday.
Said there weren't a round to be found anywhere in town.
I told him to come by here I have some. ;)

Back before Christmas when WW was etting rid of their HG ammo I bought a couple hundred bucks worth.
All at half price, including 700 rds. of 223 for .17Ç a rd. ;)

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Re: LGS trip this morning

Post by Rifletom » Sun Mar 22, 2020 2:41 pm

forty said: "Great time to be a reloader". Typed perfectly forty! With all the rain we'll be getting this coming week and that other thing "bugging" us, I'll be doing some handloading. And Riflewife is now working from home, sooo, a LOT of handloading to be done. And now, time for some baseball!
Oh, wait.......... :x
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Re: LGS trip this morning

Post by Mags » Sun Mar 22, 2020 2:47 pm

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Um, don't know about that. Things could get real western when the zombies come atcha.
markiver54 wrote:
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... but the couple hundred rounds of 9mm I have are plenty for me.
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Re: LGS trip this morning

Post by RanchRoper » Sun Mar 22, 2020 2:52 pm

Just put away a plethora of cleaned brass....
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Re: LGS trip this morning

Post by markiver54 » Sun Mar 22, 2020 2:55 pm

Mags wrote:
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Um, don't know about that. Things could get real western when the zombies come atcha.
markiver54 wrote:
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... but the couple hundred rounds of 9mm I have are plenty for me.
Well, if that happens, I failed to mention, I have quite a stockpile of 12 ga shells, including 00 buck. :D
If my body can still handle the 870 that is. :o :lol:
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Re: LGS trip this morning

Post by GunnyGene » Sun Mar 22, 2020 5:40 pm

I don't want to contribute to any questionable thread drift, so I'll just keep it simple. Nobody in my area is going to be going to gun shops or public ranges for the foreseeable future. I'm glad I stopped by my LGS yesterday, and that I have enough property to stay in practice.
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Re: LGS trip this morning

Post by BigAl52 » Sun Mar 22, 2020 6:51 pm

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9mm has become quite popular with all of the new pistol caliber carbines that are available. Im sure Ed will agree that shooting the Ruger PC 9 and the 40 for that matter is alot of fun. Not hard to burn up a couple hundred rounds of 9mm doing that. I believe Ed loads for it but I dont. Its not worth my time to load for it when you only save a couple cents a round. So I buy mine in bulk quanity. To each there own but I like plinkin with the PC Carbines.
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